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Improving quality of medicines for maternal health: what can parliamentarians do?
A substantial proportion of medicines for maternal health care are substandard quality, including those used to manage postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), the leading cause of maternal death. In many countries, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, healthcare providers cannot trust the effecti
What's in a vaccine?
Learn more about vaccines – from how they work to how they’re made – in WHO’s Learn more about vaccines – from how they work to how they’re made – in WHO’s Vaccines Explained series Vaccines are made up of carefully selected components that work together to protect against disease. Each vaccine co
Finding a path to language justice in sexual and reproductive health and rights
English language dominates the global public health space. This is an often-neglected weakness in the goal to achieve health for everyone, everywhere. Language justice is an approach to shifting this monopoly, to be more inclusive of different language speakers. Shining a spotlight on sexual and re
Vaccine efficacy, effectiveness and protection
This article is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and equitable access – in WHO’s Vaccines Explained series. Vaccines are safe, effective and life-saving. Before approval by
Ensuring vaccine safety
This article is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and equitable access – in WHO’s Vaccines Explained series. How vaccines are tested and monitored Most vaccines have been in
How to talk about vaccines
This article is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and equitable access – in WHO’s Vaccines Explained series. Vaccines are supported by decades of medical research. They work
How are vaccines developed and produced?
This article is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and equitable access – in WHO’s Vaccines Explained series. How are vaccines developed and produced? Developing a vaccine st
How do vaccines work?
This article is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and equitable access – in WHO’s Vaccines Explained series.\r\n Germs are all around us, both in our environment and in our b
Strengthened regulation of tobacco-free venues at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™
Footballs won’t be the only things kicked in Qatar at the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™. Tobacco and e-cigarettes will also be kicked out of Doha’s eight stadiums, ensuring fans can enjoy smoke-free air while sitting in their seats watching\r\n world football’s biggest event. \r\n Implementing tobac
The Novavax vaccine against COVID-19: What you need to know
This webpage was updated on 28 September 2022 to ensure consistency of formatting. The Technical Advisory Group for Emergency Use Listing listed Nuvaxovid (NVX-CoV2373) vaccine against COVID-19 and Covovax (NVX-CoV2373) vaccine against COVID-19 for emergency use on 20 December 2021 and 17 December 2
Nothing for us, without us: new film series on people living with noncommunicable diseases and mental health conditions
Helena, a paediatrician and mother, living in Sheffield in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, was already living with multiple disabilities caused by an auto-inflammatory disease when she was diagnosed with cancer in 2009. “I went from being a very active, very dynamic paedia
The Valneva VLA2001 COVID-19 vaccine: What you need to know
This webpage was published on 18 August 2022. The Valneva vaccine is a purified, inactivated, and adjuvanted whole virus SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has issued interim policy recommendations for the use of the Valneva (VLA2001) vaccine. This
The Moderna COVID-19 (mRNA-1273) vaccine: what you need to know
Updated 18 August 2022, to adhere to the latest SAGE recommendations. The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has issued updated interim recommendations for the use of the Moderna COVID-19 (mRNA-1273) vaccine against COVID-19. This article provides a summary of those\r\n
The Pfizer BioNTech (BNT162b2) COVID-19 vaccine: What you need to know
Updated 18 August 2022, to reflect the latest SAGE recommendations The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has issued interim recommendations for the use of the Pfizer BioNTech (BNT162b2) vaccine against COVID-19. This article provides a summary of those interim recommenda
The Oxford/AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant] vaccine) COVID-19 vaccine: what you need to know
Updated on 13 June 2022 to ensure consistency of formatting. The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has issued interim recommendations for use of the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine (ChAdOx1-S [recombinant] vaccine). You may access the guidance document here. Who ca
The Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine: What you need to know
Updated on 10 June 2022, pursuant to revised interim recommendations. The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE) has issued interim recommendations for the use of the Sinopharm vaccine against COVID-19. This article provides a summary of those interim recommendations; you may access the full
The Sinovac-CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine: What you need to know
Updated on 10 June 2022 pursuant to revised interim recommendations. The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has issued updated interim policy recommendations for the use of the Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine against COVID-19. This article provides a summary of those interim re
The CanSino Biologics Ad5-nCoV-S [recombinant] COVID-19 vaccine: What you need to know
The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has\r\n issued updated interim policy recommendations for the use of the Ad5-nCoV-S recombinant (Ad5-nCoV) vaccine against COVID-19. This article provides a summary of those interim recommendations; you may access the full guidance d
The Bharat Biotech BBV152 COVAXIN vaccine against COVID-19: What you need to know
Updated on 10 June 2022, pursuant to revised interim recommendations. On 3 November 2021, the Technical Advisory Group for Emergency Use Listing listed the Bharat Biotech BBV152 COVAXIN vaccine against COVID-19 for emergency use. The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has
The Janssen Ad26.COV2.S COVID-19 vaccine: What you need to know
Updated 6 June 2022, pursuant to updated interim recommendations The WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) has\r\n issued interim recommendations for the use of the Janssen Ad26.COV2.S COVID-19 vaccine against COVID-19. Here is what you need to know. This article provides
Chile: where action on hypertension is saving lives
In Chile, more people die from cardiovascular disease than from any other cause. More than a quarter of all deaths every year – around 30 000 in total – are due to the disease. Hypertension – also known as high blood pressure – is a serious medical condition and a key risk factor for cardiovascula
Q&A on malaria elimination in China
What is a WHO certification of malaria elimination? Certification of malaria elimination is the official recognition by WHO of a country’s malaria-free status. WHO grants this certification when a country has demonstrated, with rigorous, credible evidence, that the chain of local transmission of\r\n
PAHO paving the way for COVID-19 vaccination in the Americas
Following decades of positive experience in forecasting and procuring vaccines and supplies from the Revolving Fund, The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) aligned with WHO and its partners to implement the COVAX Facility in the Americas. The COVID-19\r\n pandemic represented an unprecedente
Side Effects of COVID-19 Vaccines
This article is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and equitable access – in WHO’s Vaccines Explained series. COVID-19 vaccines are safe, and getting vaccinated will help pro
Getting the COVID-19 Vaccine
This article is part of a series of explainers on vaccine development and distribution. Learn more about vaccines – from how they work and how they’re made to ensuring safety and equitable access – in WHO’s Vaccines Explained series. Vaccines are a critical tool in the battle against COVID-19, and